title: Tuberculosis control--is DOTS the health breakthrough of the 1990s?
abstract: The resurgence of tuberculosis in recent years has made an effective control strategy indispensable. The strategy exists and is called DOTS--Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course. It has proved its effectiveness and now needs to be used worldwide on a much larger scale.
authors.affiliation: Global Tuberculosis Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kochi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods; D016903:Drug Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D014943:Global Health; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*